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The Black Vault has filed thousands of FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests in recent decades. This has resulted in the declassification of more than 2 million CIA documents, available…
The Valley of the Monkeys is a closed alley adjacent to the Valley of the Kings. It is more commonly known as the Western Valley and although it is not…
What are the first creations of man? A discovery in southern Africa takes us back 75,000 years when the inhabitants of these lands probably made the first stone clock. In recent…
Journalists once again drew attention to the list of a number of advanced technological developments of the American army mentioned in the US Navy patents of the renowned aerospace engineer…
The testing of a new satellite imaging instrument at the West Virginia Green Bank Telescope recently produced a very detailed image of the Apollo 15 landing site on the moon.…
Just imagine the vastness of the universe and how little we know about it. Now imagine Earth as nothing more than a grain of sand in a desert. Is it…
The Universe is home to truly gigantic objects. Planets, stars, galaxies, and clusters of galaxies – each of these can be so huge that, compared to them, our solar system…
Isaac Newton’s predictions are often reduced to one date: 2060. The year appears in his handwriting, and that alone has kept the story alive. Every few years, the claim returns…
Before the discovery of Hot Jupiters, no scientist had imagined that such exoplanets could exist. Judging by their given name itself, you probably already get the general idea of what…
The Voynich manuscript. This is what researchers call a document written in an unknown language that contains drawings of absolutely fantastic plants, as well as maps of an unfamiliar starry sky.…
The Soviet Union had real plans to send humans to Mars decades ago. This was revealed in a declassified document of the CIA, provided by John Greenewald, founder, and owner…
Until about 25 years ago, no one had any idea of the extent of Bahariya’s archaeological treasure. This changed by complete chance and the help… of a donkey. In 1996,…
In the era of the Republic, the Romans began to build paved roads, gradually covering not only Italy but also numerous provinces. Most often, these were relatively straight roads between…
Is there anything more attention-grabbing than news about UFOs? Well, we haven’t found them yet, officially, but we might be getting closer with the latest release of over 700 declassified…
From ancient times the image of a woman is associated with that of life because the woman is the one who gives the beginning of a new life. For millennia,…
Built as a defensive fortification in Medieval times, the Citadel of Saladin remains one of Egypt’s most monumental architectural achievements and one of Cairo’s main tourist attractions. The Cairo Citadel,…
Andromeda is the closest neighboring galaxy to the Milky Way. Located in the constellation with the same name, it can be observed easily when the sky is clear at night.…
Eris is one of the most distant large worlds known in the solar system, and its discovery changed the meaning of the word “planet.” When astronomers found it in images…
Have you ever thought about Jupiter’s size and why it hasn’t become a star? If not, I suggest you open a comparison image with all the planets in the Solar…
In the week of the last Christmas, we were fortunate to witness one of the rarest astronomical events, something that last happened a few centuries ago – the Great Conjunction…
Despite the dozens of space missions yearly, our achievements in space exploration do not even come close to the famous stories from movies we love to see. It is unlikely…
Inca mythology is a bit confusing as there are different versions. In general, the gods and legends of the Andean civilizations are intertwined with all sorts of variations. However, one…
Every person has thought about how our ancestors lived, what they thought about, and what they strive for. Well, the answer to the last question is quite simple: judging by…
Given the size of the universe, the odds are high that extraterrestrial life exists somewhere. Some scientists even estimate that we will find it by the next two or three…